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The SWO Rape Breeding Programme & Introduction to Trinity

The SWO Rape Breeding Programme & Introduction to Trinity. Pieter de Groot Lantmännen SW Seed. SWO Structure. Joint Venture created in 2009: SW WINTER OILSEED AB. Why SWO ?. Objectives Create an efficient, sustainable & competitive OSR breeding programme Strategy

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The SWO Rape Breeding Programme & Introduction to Trinity

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  1. The SWO Rape Breeding Programme &Introduction toTrinity Pieter de Groot Lantmännen SW Seed

  2. SWO Structure Joint Venture created in 2009: SW WINTER OILSEED AB

  3. Why SWO ? • Objectives Create an efficient, sustainable & competitive OSR breeding programme • Strategy Combine the breeding programmes of the 3 partners to produce a single European wide programme • Activities • Breeding competitive WOSR varieties for the wider European market • 3rd Party variety representation • Synergy development in seed production • Sales and Licensing under existing brands:

  4. Florimond-Desprez • Leading French breeder • Family owned • 770 employees • T.O.2010 > € 160 million • 50% France • 40% Rest of Europe • 10% rest of world • Breeding programmes • Wheat & Triticale • Durum Wheat • Barley • Sugar & fodder beet, • Peas, Chicory, & Lucerne

  5. Lantmännen SW Seed • Owned by 35,000 Swedish farmers, • Operate in 22 countries • Over 10 000 employees • 2012 T.O. = €4.5 billion • One of the Nordic area’s largest Groups • Food 38%, Energy 10%, Machinery 24%, Agriculture 28% • Breeding programmes • All cereals, Oilseed rape, Forage Crops, Potatoes, Salix • Canola alliance with Viterra • Research collaborations with Keygene

  6. Elsoms Seeds • Leading independent UK plant breeder • Family owned • 75 employees • T.O.2010 €24 million • Breeding programmes • Wheat • Oilseeds • Vegetables • UK Market Sales & Marketing specialist • Strong partnerships with major breeders

  7. SWO Sales Areas Elsoms Seeds Lantmännen SW Seed Florimond-Desprez

  8. SWO Breeding Network Svalöv Spalding SWO Station Hadmersleben SWO Trial Harzhof Partner Trial Special Site Houville Levroux Lectoure

  9. SWO OSR Official Trials Candidates 2013

  10. Breeding Projects • Phoma • Developing varieties with multigene resistance combinations • RLM 4 - 6 - 7 – 10 & LepR 1 – 4 • Light Leaf Spot • Increasingly important disease • Not just the “Scottish disease!” • A real problem in 2013…… • SWO using Scottish sites for rigorous testing. • Club Root • Increasing Europe wide problem • Resistance to P1/P3 is breaking down • SWO strategy based on broad genetic resistance

  11. Breeding Projects • Verticillium Wilt • Thank you Dr Gladders ! • A significant and growing problem across Northern Europe. • Data from GFP (European breeders) project at Gottingen University. • Oase = resistant control • Laser and Falcon = susceptible controls • Trinity has good resistance – • Galileo parent has very good resistance • Trinity performed excellently in the Gottingen trials.

  12. Trinity • Initially selected for the UK market • Also in trials in • Denmark • Poland • Czech Republic • Slovak Republic • Estonia • Lithuania • One of the first SWO varieties • Open Pollinated Variety • Parentage • Galileo x Adriana • Zeus is one of the “relatives” contributes towards the Verticillium Wilt resistance. • Seed production • UK • Germany

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